mock-heroic

English

Etymology

mock +‎ heroic

Adjective

mock-heroic (comparative more mock-heroic, superlative most mock-heroic)

(literature) Pertaining to a literary mode in which trivial subjects or characters are treated using the elaborate language devices of the heroic style.

Translations

pertaining to a literary mode in which trivial subjects or characters are treated using the elaborate language devices of the heroic style

Irish: scig-ghaisciúil

Noun

mock-heroic (plural mock-heroics)

(literature) A work in the mockheroic style.

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